Gauge support



E, A. szuBA 2,469,904

GAUGE SUPPORT May 10, 1949.

Filed Jan. 10, 1947 Zhwentor Edv rd/Z5345 Gttomegs @MZM Patented May 10, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 6 Claims.

This invention relates to gauges and in particular to gauge supports.

One object of this invention is to provide a gauge support which will hold a dial indicator gauge firmly and precisely yet which will provide an accurate fine adjustment for positioning the gauge in a desired location.

Another object is to provide a gauge support wherein the gauge is held by an arm which is slidable upon a vertical shaft, the latter being tiltably mounted upon a base.

Another object is to provide a gauge support as set forth in the preceding objects wherein the vertical shaft is joined to the base by a slender portion around which the shaft is tilted by an adjustable screw mounted on an adjusting arm attached to the shaft.

Another object is to provide a gauge support as set forth in the preceding objects wherein the gauge is mounted upon an arm which has a free sliding connection with a vertical shaft which is yieldably resisted by an encircling spring, and which is capable of being locked in position by a clamping device, such as a clamping screw,

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent during the course of the following description of the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gauge support according to a preferred form of the invention, with the base and. adjusting arm broken away to show the slender portion of the shaft around which it is tilted as a fulcrum;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the gauge support shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken along the line 33 in Figure 1, through the slender portion of the shaft;

Figure 4 is a horizontal section taken along the line 4-4 in Figure 1, showing the sliding connection between the gauge holding arm and the vertical shaft, together with the encircling spring; and

Figure 5 is a vertical section along-the line 5-5 in Figure 4.

Referring to the drawings in detail, Figure 1 shows a gauge support, generally designated [9, according to a preferred form of the invention as adapted to carry a conventional dial indicator gauge, generally designated H. The dial indicator gauge H has the usual body portion l2 with a movable feeler Contact l3 at one end and a dial housing [4 with a crystal l5 and needle I6 connected to the feeler contact l3 by'the usual mechanism (not shown). The body I2 is also provided with the conventional dovetail bar I! which enters a dovetail slot (not shown) in the upper portion of a clamping member I 8. The latter is provided with a clamping screw H! which serves to tighten the clamping member I8 about a rod 29 which is received in a bore 2| passing through the clamping member l 8. The inner end of the rod 253 is provided with a reduced diameter portion 22 which is mounted in a bore 23 in the lower end of the downwardly angled portion 24 of a gauge-holding arm, generally designated 25. The inclined portion 24 is connected to a sleevelike hub 2% which has a bore 21 through which a vertical shaft 23 passes (Figure 5) bore 21 within the hub 26 opens into an enlarged cylindrical cavity 29 which receives an approximately U-shaped detent spring 30 havin arcuate sides 3! (Figure 4), joined to one another by an arcuate central portion 32. The hub it is also provided with a transverse threaded bore 33 through which passes the threaded stem or shank of a thumb screw 34 by which the hub i5 is positively locked to the shaft 28.

The shaft 29 near its lower end is provided with a pair of transverse recesses forming slotted portions 35 (Figures 1 and 3) which are cut inward from opposite directions but which terminate short of the center of the shaft 28 in order to provide a slender portion 36 between the two slotted portions 35. Optionally a separate slender spring member may be inserted in a recess in the lower end of the shaft 28 instead of the integral slender portion 36. Mounted on the shaft 28 adjacent the slotted portions 35 is an adjusting arm 3i having a bore 38 for snugly receiving the shaft 23 and a parallel threaded bore 39 into which the threaded shank of an. adjusting screw 40 is threaded. The lower end of the adjusting screw it is preferably provided with a ball insert ll for making contact with the top surface 42 of a base 43 having projecting downward from its bottom surface 44 a pair of rearward legs 45 (Figure 3) and a forward leg 46.

The base 43 is in the form of a plate or block having a vertical bore 41 therein for snugly receiving the lower end of the shaft 28 immediately below the slotted portions 35. Thus, the gap between tthe lower surface of the adjusting arm 31 and the upper surface 42 of the base 43 is substantially equal to the width vertically of the slotted portions 35 so that the surfaces of the slotted portions 35 substantially are flush with the adjacent surfaces of the arm 3! and the base 44 respectively. A set screw 48 threaded into a transverse threaded bore 49 leading into the vertical ened to lock the "dial indicator gauge H in this position.

The thumb screw 34 is then loosened and the hub 26 moved up and down along the shaft 28' until the feeler contact I3 is at the desired'height. above the surface on which the feet 45 and 46 of the base rest. While the thumb-screw 34 is in its unscrewed position, the U-shapedspring 39 exerts a grip between the shaft 28 and the inner vertical wall of the cavity 29 with a detent action upon the hub 25, holding. the latter yieldingly at any point along the-shaft 28. When the desired location. of the :arm 25 along the shaft 28 has been reached, the thumb screw 24 is tightened intothe position shown in Figures 4 and 5, positivelyilocking the 'hub- 26 of the arm 25 in its adjusted position.

The arm 25iand the shaft ZBmay now be tilted toipreciselylocate thefeeler'contact E3 of the dial indicator gauge'il byv'turning the head of the adjusting screw- 40 in one direction or the other. p

Thisaction raises or lowers the outer end of the adjusting arm 3,! around the slender portion 36' oi -the shaft 28 asa fulcrum, tilting the shaft 28 around the same-fulcrum. The screw 58 and the bore 3.9may be provided with fine threads so portion therebetween, a" dial indicator gauge holder connected to said upright, and adjusting mechanism including a screw and an arm engaging said upright for tilting said upright relatively to said base" around said slender portion as a fulcrum.

3; A gauge support comprising a base, an upright secured to said base and having a slender portion therebetween, a dial indicator gauge holder connected to said upright, an arm connected to said upright and extending outward therefrom, and an adjusting screw disposed between the outer portion of said arm and said base for tilting said upright relatively to said base around said slender portion as a fulcrum.

4. A gauge support comprising a base, an upright secured to said base and having at slender portion therebetween, a dial' indicator gauge holder connected to said upright and including a recess extending at least partway around said upright, a resilient member disposed in said recess and yieldingly and slidably engaging said upright, and adjusting mechanism engaging said upright for tilting said upright relatively to said base around said slender portion as a fulcrum.

5.' A gauge support comprising a base, an upright secured to said base and having a slender portion therebetween, a. dial indicator gauge holder connected to said'upright and including a recess extending at 'least partway around said upright, a resilient member disposed in said recess and yieldingly and-slidably engaging said up right, and atleast partially encircling ,saidiupright, a clamping screw threaded through'a pontion :of said holder into engagement with said resilient memberand 'releasably urging said" resili'ent member into clamping engagement with:

said upright, and adjusting: mechanism engaging said upright for tilti'ngsaidr upright relatively to said base around saidslender portion as a upright, an approximately U-shaped resilient member disposed in said recess and yieldingly and slidably engaging said upright and at least partially encircling said upright, and adjusting mechanism engaging said 'upright for tilting said: upright relatively'to said .base around said slender portion asa fulcrum;

EDWARD A. SZUBA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED "STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,034,365 Hauser July 30, 1912' 1,946,856 Houston Feb, 13, 1934 

